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Cinquain

A Cinquain has 5 lines

Line 1One word of two syllables (may be the title)

Line 2Four syllables (describing the subject or title)

Line 3Six syllables

(showing action with ‘-ing’ principles)

Line 4Eight syllables (phrase that tells more about what you’re writing about)

Line 5Two syllables (describing or renaming the subject)

OR

Line 1One word Title

Line 2Two words describing the title

Line 3Three words showing action about the title

Line 4 - Four words showing feeling about the title

Line 5One word that is a synonym for the title

Example:

Mountains

Isolated tall

Snow-capping cloud-touching

White against shining, azure sky

High Peaks

Template

Title of Poem

Author's Name

______________________

______________________, ______________________

__________________, __________________, __________________

____________________________________________________ .

______________________

= 1 noun

= 2 adjectives

= 3 ‘-ing’ words

= 1 sentence

= 1 noun (synonym for top noun)

Follow-Up Activities

1. Students' work will be compiled into the school anthology.

2. Students can illustrate poems with hand-drawn or computer generated images.

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